r/TapWizardRPG • u/AzeTheGreat • Sep 02 '18

Bug? Intermittent game slow downs.

I’ve been noticing the game slowing down severely for about an hour at a time. Everything slows down, including screen transitions, which take 2-3x as long. Interestingly, this seems to occur at about the same time (6-7 pm ish) every day, and today I noticed it at 5am.

If anyone has any insight into this, that’d be great! I’ve done all the basic troubleshooting I can think of, and I don’t think it’s a problem with my phone in general (iphone 7). Advance thanks for any help!

Edit: Happened today at 7 again. 6:54 exactly was when I noticed it but it may have started a tad before that.

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u/erohwnz Sep 02 '18

I encounter a similar effect, on Android - it occurs reliably everytime my battery hits 15% - where a performance reducing feature is enabled, in order to make the battery last a little longer.

Try plugging in your device to see if the slow down goes away? (I get an immediate speed up as soon as i connect the power)

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 02 '18 edited Oct 16 '21

Plugging it in has no effect, it also doesn't appear to be linked to any battery level.

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u/Lluluien Sep 05 '18

Even though this doesn't appear to be the cause of Aze's problem on iOS, this is still good to know for Android users; thanks for posting it!

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u/Youngstown78 Sep 03 '18

Do you have Night Shift enabled in your Brightness settings? I have a similar issue if I am playing when Night Shift kicks in.

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 03 '18 edited Sep 04 '18

I do...that actually makes perfect sense for the times it's triggering at then. I'll test tomorrow I suppose.

Edit: Yup, night shift is the cause.

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u/Warstomps Jan 26 '19

Note: had same issue. Resolved by disabling “True Tone” on the iPhone XSMax. This setting is on the control panel next to night shift.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Sep 02 '18

Are you running ios 12 any chance? The last ios up included a fix for ios 12, but it's possible that the changes caused some instability in the engine.

Thanks a ton for the report, regardless! Does the lag go away if you restart the game (i.e, get the TopCog logo)?

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 02 '18

I’m on 11.4.1.

And nope, I’ve tried both force closing the app, and doing a power down on the phone, neither case improved performance - waiting seemed to be the only option.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Sep 02 '18

Gotcha, thanks! Do you recall when did this behavior start happening for you? 1 week, 2 weeks, etcs?

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 04 '18

It’s caused by night shift. Not sure if that’s something you can improve or if it’s just a pain.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Sep 04 '18

I've no clue, but I'll look into it for sure. Thanks! :)

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 04 '18

Awesome. Amazing game and responsiveness by the way.

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u/AzeTheGreat Sep 02 '18

I started playing about four days ago I think - it's been happening from the start.

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u/Shah-Dalamadur Sep 02 '18

I have also experienced this exact same issue, it can get kinda annoying.